# Accident 20071127828839A: Cessna T210M, Tulsa, OK, November 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2007, 18:15 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0486° N, 95.9811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0486&lon=-95.9811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3NG-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071127828839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. HE HAD TAKEN A 2 HOUR HIGH PERFORMANCE CHECK RIDE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LOCAL CFI. AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE CHECK RIDE THE PILOT, HIS WIFE, AND FATHER DEPARTED THE AIRPORT TO RETURN TO LITTLE ROCK AR. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT RADIOED HE WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO ELECTRICAL TROUBLE. ON APPROACH TO 19 LEFT AT RVS THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED THE TOP OF A TREE AND THEN CONTACTED POWER LINES STARTING A FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED ABOUT 75 YARDS AND CONTACTED A 4 FOOT MOUND OF DIRT AND FLIPPED OVER. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL BUT NO FIRE OF THE WRECKAGE. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MECHANIC THAT CONDUCTED A PRE PURCHASE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED THAT THE COPILOT SHOULDER HARNESS WAS DETACHED FROM THE TOP RENDERING IT INOP. THE PILOT SURVIVED, HIS WIFE IN THE COPILOT SEAT DIED AND HIS FATHER IN THE BACK SEAT DIED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW08FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA038), Nov 28, 2007: Cessna T210M (N3NG), Tulsa, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power transmission line(s). Contributing to the accident were the loss of aircraft electrical power, diverted attention, and the night conditions.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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